Carl le Strange says:

September 19, 2012 at 09:38


Even though Icelanders are used to things moving about, this one probably worried quite a few. This is one of the places that is expected to get a 7M quake sometime “soon”, and with soon I mean somewhere during the next 100 years.
What we are seeing is a micro-plate twisting about a corner that is locked. It creates several spots where large earthquakes can happen. This particular spot is believed to have 5M as a maximum, but at the opposite upper corner you can have 7M thrust faults, and those are not nice.

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Diana Barnes says:

September 19, 2012 at 10:22


The tremor Graph is impressive too. [link to hraun.vedur.is]